Dan wrote on Fri, 26 Mar 2010 09:49:45 -0700:

>> On 13/03/2010 10:56 AM, Omelet wrote:
> >> In >,
> >> "J. > wrote:
> >>
> >>> Find a copy of "On Food and Cooking" (any decent library
> >>> should have it and it's usually on the shelf at the major
> >>> chain bookstores), look in the index under "salt", read
> >>> all the entries.
> >>>
> >>> There is sufficient evidence that excesses of oxygen will
> >>> kill you deader'n Hell so I guess you'll want to outlaw
> >>> air next.
> >>
> >> H2O can be deadly too! Let's ban it!
>>
>> Only when consumed in excess!

> Death by H2O is normally due to inhalation, not by stomach.

It'll produce intoxication (favored by some bums) and death if you drink
enough.

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James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

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